Cantonment
noun
A temporary camp, town, or village that houses military troops.
The soldiers were asked to return to their cantonment after the successful military operation.
Often appears as...
- military cantonment
- cantonment area
noun
A temporary camp, town, or village that houses military troops.
The soldiers were asked to return to their cantonment after the successful military operation.
Often appears as...
- military cantonment
- cantonment area
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Military Usage
Primarily used to describe places related to the armed forces, not civilian spaces.
The general made his headquarters in the cantonment.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Permanent
Suggests a temporary setup, which can be dismantled, unlike a permanent military base.
Once the training concluded, the cantonment was disassembled.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Can have a colonial or historical connotation, as cantonments were set up in foreign territories.
The old cantonment bore marks from the era of colonial rule.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Usage
Primarily used to describe places related to the armed forces, not civilian spaces.
The general made his headquarters in the cantonment.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Permanent
Suggests a temporary setup, which can be dismantled, unlike a permanent military base.
Once the training concluded, the cantonment was disassembled.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Can have a colonial or historical connotation, as cantonments were set up in foreign territories.
The old cantonment bore marks from the era of colonial rule.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Usage
Primarily used to describe places related to the armed forces, not civilian spaces.
The general made his headquarters in the cantonment.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Permanent
Suggests a temporary setup, which can be dismantled, unlike a permanent military base.
Once the training concluded, the cantonment was disassembled.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Can have a colonial or historical connotation, as cantonments were set up in foreign territories.
The old cantonment bore marks from the era of colonial rule.
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Quote examples
Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
When I meet someone from the army background, there is an instant connection. We live in the best five-star hotels of the world, but outside my home I will be equally comfortable in any army cantonment or army guest house. Telling my friends that my father was in the army was like telling them that he is the second-richest man in the world.
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Karan Kapoor
I was more interested in the older generation as they seemed to be the last remaining remnants of the British Raj - people who remembered the railway cantonments, the Marilyn Monroe look-a-like contest, the Central Provinces,' and so on, a world long gone.
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Diana Penty
Indian Model
I spent a lot of my school vacations in Devlali because my grandparents lived in the cantonment there.
Quote examples
Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
When I meet someone from the army background, there is an instant connection. We live in the best five-star hotels of the world, but outside my home I will be equally comfortable in any army cantonment or army guest house. Telling my friends that my father was in the army was like telling them that he is the second-richest man in the world.
Quote examples
Karan Kapoor
I was more interested in the older generation as they seemed to be the last remaining remnants of the British Raj - people who remembered the railway cantonments, the Marilyn Monroe look-a-like contest, the Central Provinces,' and so on, a world long gone.
Quote examples
Diana Penty
Indian Model
I spent a lot of my school vacations in Devlali because my grandparents lived in the cantonment there.
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